On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Megan wrote:
> I'm totally disgusted with DECUS/Encompass... I think someone pulled
> a fast one on the membership. I understand there were two votes
[...]
Yes, like Compaq pulled a fast one on DEC. Of course, to be fair, DEC
dug its own grave when it climbed into bed with that certain something
rather filthy of ill repute known as Microsloth, and began hawking
Windbows Numblskull Technology while allowing itself to wither away to
the depths of PeeCee.
> Anyway, at this point I don't care... DECUS is gone. I don't know of
Alas, DECUS is no more, murdered by Compaq in the year 2000 as part of
it's apparent plot to do away with reasonable computing as many of us
know it. When I received that first Encompass ballot (didn't receive
a second one either), something told me that this was the final knife
in the back of all things named DEC.
All that said, is there anything stopping anyone from forming a new
DECUS? ...the Digital Equipment _Classics_ Users Society? :-)
...independent of Compaq, that is.
With Compaq having obliterated DECUS, what will become of the hobbyist
licenses and CDROMs?
> anything to bring it back. I won't be renewing with encompass, it doesn't
> meet my needs at all.
Everything I've received from Encompass has been tossed out for recycling
with the old newspapers, etc.
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